Birmingham Egyptology

Birmingham Egyptology Symposium: Registration Now Open

Please join us for the Sixth Annual Birmingham
Egyptology Symposium, ‘Belief and Identity in the ancient World’ which will be
held in the Murray Learning Centre (Room UG10) at the University of Birmingham.

Our
free event features a range of presentations from students and academics on
ancient Egyptian belief and identity relating to language, art, funerary
practices, and both ancient and modern perspectives of Egyptian identity. We
are lucky to also have a wide range of speakers from the UK and abroad joining
us for this symposium!

Refreshments,
lunch and a wine reception will also be provided.

As
part of our event, we would like to offer delegates the opportunity to join us
for an optional free tour of the Eton Myers collection, on loan from Eton
College and currently held within the Orchard Learning Resource Centre,
University of Birmingham. This tour will take place on the evening of Thursday
30th May (6pm-7pm). If you would like to attend this in addition
to the Symposium, please select the ‘BE Symposium Delegate PLUS Eton Myers
tour’ ticket from the options below. We will email you with further details of
this tour in due course.

Our
event will be promoted through our website, Facebook and Twitter, but we would
be grateful if delegates could share this event with anyone whom you think
might be interested in attending. We very much look forward to meeting you at
our Symposium!

Further information about travelling to the
University can be found below:

TRAINS: The campus has its own train station,
‘University’, with trains going to and from Birmingham New St in the city
centre around every 10 minutes. Going from the city, take a train towards
Longbridge or Redditch. University is two stops, approximately an 8-minutes
journey, and should cost no more than £3.90 for a return ticket.

BUSES: The nearest bus stop to the campus which serves buses to and from the
city centre to the University Campus is that at the junction of Bristol Road
and Edgbaston Park Road (the South Gate of the University)
– near the Orange Zone on the campus map. Take the no. 61 or 63 from stop NS3
(on St. Martins Queensway, near New Street station and the Bullring shopping
centre). There is major work going on at Bristol Road at the moment, so
services X20, X21 or X22 will also take you to the North Gate of the
University, which is a short 5 minute walk to the Murray Learning Centre.